Reducing suicidal ideation and depression in older primary care patients: 24-month outcomes of the PROSPECT study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial (PROSPECT) evaluated the impact of a care management intervention on suicidal ideation and depression in older primary care patients. This is the first report of outcomes over a 2-year period.

Method

Study participants were patients 60 years of age or older (N=599) with major or minor depression selected after screening 9,072 randomly identified patients of 20 primary care practices randomly assigned to provide either the PROSPECT intervention or usual care. The intervention consisted of services of 15 trained care managers, who offered algorithm-based recommendations to physicians and helped patients with treatment adherence over 24 months.

Results

Compared with patients receiving usual

SUBMITTER: Alexopoulos GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2838419 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature